What is your favorite type of house? (houses, bungalow, mansion)

[pantin23]

Originally Posted by eschaton

Something like this. Best of all worlds. Victorian style, brick, sizable, no front/side yards, but room for some plantings in the front.



That nameplate is tacky as all hell though. They should have gold-leaf lettering on the transom window.

DC row houses are some of my favorites

[Sasha's]

Geez- only two people said MCM or Open and Sleek!
If EVER my house sells.....I want the most simple home I can imagine.
1. ALMOST...flat roof
2. Floor to ceiling windows on 2 sides
3. Brick/stone on 2 sides.
4. Single floor.
5. Acid stained cement. Polished.
6.Everything open except the bathroom
7. Closet built of large cabinets-on wheels so I can move it/use it as a 'wall'. Only 6' tall.
8. About 800ft□
This would be easy to get around when it comes time for a wheelchair. Minimalist but not super modern.
I might want a dog-trot...kitchen with small sitting/fireplace/1/2 bath in one building.
Bedroom/full bath/laundry in second building with large screened in porch in-between.
Reclain rainwater from roof/gutters into lined silo or cistern.
Plain. Simple.

[Warszawa]

Three or four story brownstone with a few families living there and a small communal backyard which can be used to plant organic vegetables and host social gatherings.

I also like modern highrises which have a balcony overlooking a city and you can have social gatherings there. I also like if there is a communal organic garden or communal sports inside the highrise for entertainment.

Or a three story French colonial if you're in a warmer climate. A communal organic garden would be great.

[Ameriscot]

A medieval home in a small village in France.
A modern flat overlooking the Thames in London.
An old church renovated to become a home - overlooking the sea in west Scotland.
An open plan modern home on the eastern Australia coast.

Now I just need to win the lottery.

[K'ledgeBldr]

Too many to choose from!

Craftsman/Bungalow
MCM
Contemporary Flat
Modern interpretation of a Log Home/Lodge
Southern Plantation Greek Revivial

But, if I had to put one at the top of the list:


This would be it!!!!!!!!

[ggumbo]

I really like the southern greek revival look, but I think it would be too formal looking for me to actually live in. Realistically if I could up and buy a house today it would be a lowcountry/tidewater like this:

[baileyvpotter]

Small but sweet


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[ChrisC]

By far, Victorian homes: Queen Anne (my favorite), Second Empire, Gothic Revival, Italianate. Roughly from the 1860's through about 1910.

After that, comes Colonial style homes--pre 1820 or so, all the way back to the 1600's.

Then, at a distant third, would be the "bungalow style" that largely replaced Victorian era homes--primarily from the late 1910's and 1920's.

I seldom see a modern home that I give a second look, unless it is copying any of the above.

[Sunshinegirl0485]

I'm all Modern old stuff looks cool, but, it makes me cringe. I'd be one of those Design people ripping out everything in the old home just to make a modern new home and replacing everything in it. Lol.

[The King of Um]

Three-story Italianate and Second Empire Victorian-era brick row houses are my favorite. They were built roughly from the 1850s through the 1880s and are fairly common in cities in the Northeast. The Mansard roof was a distinguishing feature of the Second Empire, and is often made out of "dragon scale" shingles, if that's what they're properly called (I don't know?). The door hoods (not sure what they're called) are also awesome.